You are right, Mr. Joe, and I am wrong. I did some more Google Fu after posting, and found this. I believe what they refer to in this piece as "value based blah blah" is code for price gouging? They make other seemingly plausible points that help to explain the difference. So agreed, predictably Forbes was all, eww eww it's the government, it's the government! Even so, I'm still all for getting rid of any useless paperwork shuffling that essentially adds cost and complexity for no particular gain. Getting solar should be easy, not hard.

__________________Chained out, like a sitting duck just waiting for the fall _Cage the Elephant